Very good suggestion from aarf.
If it is possible make it a kind of box with a text that explain what it is about.
I trust a lot of newbies have no idea what it suppose to do._________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

Aarf has been a member of this forum for years. He knew better. That's why I banned him. If he had seemed to be new to forums, I'd have explained why he shouldn't do what he did and given him a second chance.

Yes Flash I don't disapprove of your right to follow
what is the norms at all. But this way we lost the good
input he gave us too. AFAIK he disliked me very much
and I felt sad when he talked me down but what to expect
I am very confusing and naive so I do get that it is tempting.

What I try to say is that there where some tech way to
preserve behind the scene if somebody act like what
you describe aarf did and lowtech before him did
and that it only deleted from the visible but not from
the Admin but made the Admin aware of that somebody
starting to do that on many posts deliberally.

mahaju, yes that would be one way but unfortunately
it would make the forum archive very big and poor John
has to pay for size and not only traffic intensity.

What about Google cache can one retrieve some
of the good posts that way`or Wayback machine?
or similar facilities.

it is sad if we lose a good advice just because somebody
get emotionally upset and want to delete everything._________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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